Probably the lamp as well but I suspect most warmth was permeating up through the oak table top. Cats in winter always manage to find the warmest spots.
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Looks hungry.
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Yes⌠a cat in a mountain village. Every cat for itself.
I like cats, well I like all animals, even the ones which would do me harm (Iâm looking at you wabbies who I capture with a plastic jar and usher outside) and I would love it if One Eye would come again. She wandered through the house on summer days risking all on the temper of the resident dogs (a kissing contact with my Rottweiler was joyful, and safe) but not been seen for years.
At the moment a light coloured ginger prowls the garden but I canât persuade it to come to me, I am sure that Julesâ howls on sight are because he wants to be friends, but neither of us knows that for sure at the moment. If I could pick her/him up to keep it safe we would at last know.
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But not without your gauntlets on 
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My friend had a fat cat with a big belly. I thought it was because she fed him the wrong things and he was just FAT!
Then I noticed that all of ours have got these belly âpouchesâ. On asking the question on google it appears that one of the reasons is that itâs for protection.
Does âBellyâ have one of these pouches Mikey?
I alway thought this was due to neutering, but apparently not..!
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Hahah..no, we called him Belly because he is one of those cats who rolls over to have his belly rubbed and as @Bonzocat says, the primeordial pouch came later.
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Also known as a âfatty apronâ. Always thought that would be a great name for a rap artist 
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My cat may have cancer on his tip of his nose and we are waiting for biopsy results, and in the meanwhile, he has to wear a collarette which he hates, and heâs been confined indoors, which he also hates, for 3 very long weeks.
Woke up a bit bleary eyed this morning and left the front door open sufficiently long enough for him to realise he had a means of escape and escape he did, with gusto! And Iâd removed his traceable collar, so where was he, now untraceable.
Sat forlornly at the computer upstairs for 30 minutes or so with a mug of morning coffee, having left both the garden gate and the front door open just in case, trying to take my mind off our demise. Then heard the familiar sound of his collarette banging up the stairs and against furniture and there he was, back, very damp from the pouring rain. Heâs now asleep on my lap which has become his second home for the last 22 days. He must be dreaming better asleep on my lap or against the heater than out in the cold pouring rain.
Glad heâs ok, but in a second life I shall opt for it to be a pet-free one!
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I hope he is OK nosewise. Children and pets, so much love & joy, and so much worry & sorrow.
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I so agree and thank heavens I never had children - not sure I could have coped.
I bet you wonât! 
Our decisions to be pet-free (which we have decided twice in the last forty years) each lasted a month.
Edit: and I should have said hope all goes well for the escape artist.
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Hope he has a long and happy life. Itâs terrible when they suffer and canât tell you about it.
What are you using for a tracking collar? I started looking into it for Lyuba. I assume itâs going to have to be one with a GPS and SIM card to be useful. Are there any that donât seem to want to scam you for the monthly charge? Or are there any where you can supply your own SIM card?
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AwwwâŚsorry to hear
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So do I, no matter how frustrating sometimes and the outrageous difference in human and pet lives, I know I could never live without a dog. Thus a care home would be avoidable at all costs. I do hope he proves the dismal thoughts wrong. 
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For 30 years I used an American made very expensive cat/dog radio tracking device which could detect over a kilometere or so, but the family business eventually closed down, so looked for alternatives. The radio tracker Iâve got now gives me great reassurance ever though it detects only up to 100 - 150 metres. It will detect through stone walls. If it doesnât detect because your cat is out of range, you walk this way and that until you pick up a signal. I can only say it works well for me, and the collar batteries last for months.
Itâs very precise and can lead you within a couple of centimetres from a lost collar hidden in thick grass. Itâs expensive but works very well. When you start to detect, the collar bleeps as well, so you can train your cat to come when it hears the bleep and associates it with a ready waiting meal. I recommend it.
I donât advise gps. Youâll never find your cat trapped inside a barn for example.
Please let us know what the biopsy results are whether they be good or bad! Bobby, Charlee and Tabatha send purrs to their dear friend and Stuart and I are hoping everything will work out OK. With love 
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